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Obama's safety net: the TelePrompter
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090305/pl_politico/19663
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Obama’s reliance on the teleprompter is unusual — not only because he is famous for his oratory, but because no other president has used one so consistently and at so many events, large and small.
Personally, even though I was for Bush, I think Obama is just known for his oratory because he's followed Bush the worst orator of all time, and second because the libs love him to death. At least for now they love him. I think the honeymoon is starting to end.
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After the teleprompter malfunctioned a few times last summer and Obama delivered some less-than-soaring speeches, reports surfaced that he was training to wean himself off of the device while on vacation in Hawaii. But no such luck.
His use of the teleprompter makes work tricky for the television crews and photographers trying to capture an image of the president announcing a new Cabinet secretary or housing plan without a pane of glass blocking his face. And it is a startling sight to see such sleek, modern technology set against the mahogany doors and Bohemian crystal chandeliers in the East Room or the marble columns of the Grand Foyer.
“It’s just something presidents haven’t done,” said Martha Joynt Kumar, a presidential historian who has held court in the White House since December 1975. “It’s jarring to the eye. In a way, it stands in the middle between the audience and the president because his eye is on the teleprompter.”
Personally, I think it's better if he didn't have to use a teleprompter, but the ultimate problem isn't his delivery. It's his ideas. I've got a feeling people are going to be missing Bush by the time it's over. Now that the Bush administration is over though in hindsight I really really really hope the republican party pushes a more conservative candidate the next time. Bush was conservative on some things, but so liberally big government minded on other things.
__________________Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
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